In this area the first settlements were established in the 17th and 18th century.
What is the East Coast - New England
100
Name of the recidential neigborhoods outside the city centers
What are the suburbs
100
Italian explorer in the service of Spain who determined that the earth was round and attempted to reach Asia by sailing west from Europe, thereby discovering America (1492).
Who is Christopher Columbus
100
Today almost all illegal immigrants are people of Spanish origin, and normally they are referred to as___.
Who are Hispanics
200
The two Chambers of Congress
What is te Senate and House of Represesentative
200
n the mid 1800s thousands of Chinese emigrated to California, and many of them worked on ____
What is the railroads
200
State with the largest population
What is California (53 mil.)
200
This group of people were forced immigrants and brought to the US as servants or slaves.
Who are African-Americans (The Negroes)
200
The term used to indicate that an immigrant has adapted to his/her new country's cukture
What is integration
300
The higest part of the judicial branch of power
What is the Supreme Court
300
This event made 120000 Irish immigrants come to the USA in 1847.
What is "the potato famine"
300
Only state which is actually only a city
What is Washington D.C
300
This war from 1860-65 ended slavery in the US.
What is the US Civil War
300
Term used to illustrate that an immigrant has managed to bring some of his/her own culture into the new country and mixing both cultures with succes.
What is assimilation
400
The article that gives Americans the right to protect themselves and own guns
What is the 2. Ammendment in the Bill of Rights (Constitutional Ammendments)
400
Today most American immigrants come from this country
What is Mexico
400
State where immigrants from mostly Scandinavian parts settled in the 1900s.
What is North Dakota
400
The original people living in America before the white settlers?
Who are Native Americans
400
Term used in the 1920s to illustrate how immigrants would form a unique US culture.
What is the "Melting Pot" theory.
500
The Republicans' symbol and colour image
What is an Elefant/red
500
Famous Dane and photographer who documented "How the Other Half Lives"
Who is Jacob Riis
500
State and city with a large auto manufactoring history and industry
What is Michigan (Detroit)
500
Term used to describe the myth about people moving to the West in the 1820s - 1890s.
What is "the frontier heritage" (pioneers)
500
This group of immigrants arrived in millions from 1870-1930s